In California, public schools are closed across San Francisco for a second straight day after some 6,000 educators walked off the job Monday. It’s San Francisco’s first teachers’ strike in nearly half a century. The United Educators of San Francisco union is demanding fully funded family healthcare for workers, improvements to special education and salary increases that do not come at the cost of concessions or takeaways from schools. This is Meghann Adams, president of SMART Union Local 1741, representing bus drivers.

Meghann Adams: “We all live paycheck to paycheck. This is something that I know is a sacrifice for all of us, but it’s — you know what? We all know that the district has the money. This is something that’s been proven time and time again. They need to come to the table, and they need to make a deal and get our educators and our schools back open!”